That leaves Certs breath mints and cough drops as their only ''snack'' foods.

Ergle removed candy bars, colas and other junk food from the jail's canteen last year, saying inmates had it too good. Ergle earlier had yanked TVs from the jail.

''Sheriff Ergle's stand is that prison should not be a vacation where you have all of the amenities of someone on the outside,'' said Della Cornier, spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office.

Ergle left the healthy granola bars in the canteen, however, and they became popular by default. But a lot of wrappers went down the john instead of into the trash bin.

City officials complained to the sheriff that the wrappers stopped up the city sewer system and threatened to damage expensive sewage treatment equipment. Ergle warned prisoners in January that he would shut off their granola bar supply if wrappers weren't put in the right can.